Drip cup or trap for refrigerator-cars.



1. A. WERNER. DRIP 0UP 0R TRAP FOR REFRIGERATOR CARS.

APPLICATION IILED JULY 19,1912.

Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

1 ing is a specification.

SAS

JOHN A. WERNER, OF ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DRIP CUP OR TRAP FOR REFRIGERATOR-CARS.

5 of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in DripCups or Traps for Refrigerator-Cars, of which the follow-' Thisinvention relates generally to refrig- 10 erator cars and moreparticularly to the novel construction and arrangement of the drip panused in connection with the ice chamber or compartment of said car andthe object of the invention is to provide a drip pan which willefiectively. carry ofi the water, and another object is to provide adrippan which will not become clogged or stopped up, and a still furtherobject is to 20 provide a drip pan embodying a water seal in connectionwith the discharge spout whereby the entrance of air at this point iscompletely prevented.

In drip pans as now in usethe drain is countersunk in the floor thereofand the water is carried off bymea-ns of a lateral spout, but indevicesof this character the .draining portion frequently becomes clogged orchoked u and the cleaning thereof is extremely di cult when possible.

The object of my invention therefore is to avoid this difliculty bymeans of the features of construction heretofore referred to and theinvention therefore resides in the. novel features of construction,combination or arrangement, all of whichwill be described hereinafterand pointed out in the claim. c

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is atransverse verti;

cal section showing a portion of a refrigeras torcar end embodying minvention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectiona view on the line 22 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa detail sec- .tional view on the line H of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is adetailelevation of a sliding door.

In applying myimgention I use the ordinary type ofrefrigera tdr carwhichtwoor more ice compartments are employed .which extend transverselyacross the entire car.

A, indicates the exterior of the car, B, lining and C the insulatingpacking or D, indicates the bottom proper and E the inner or falsebottom, and the intervening Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 19, 1912. Serial No. 710,416.

closed position serving to hold the cup Patented Apr. 29, 1913.

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F, indicates the drip pan which has an outlet opening E, at the outercorner thereof and this opening is ordinarily protected by means of astraining screen E which is pivotally attached to the pan and cantherespace is filled with heat insulating material fore be quickly andeasily .lifted whenever .it is desired to have direct access to thedischarge opening. This straining screen E is trlangularly shaped asshown and efiec- I tively closes one corner of the drip-pan.

A discharge tube or liquely downwardly an outwardly from a pointadjacent the outlet opening E', this tube or pipe being preferablyrectangular in shape and the lower end thereof is 'lo'-' cated withinasemicircular shaped cup or trap G, the sides of said cup or trap beingpivotally connected at G to the said tube spout or. pi e adjacent itslower end and capable of Eeing swung upwardly for the purpose ofdischarging its contents and permitting free and easy access to thelower end of. the spout or tube for the urpose of cleaning the-same incase it shou (1 become clogged or choked. Thejpivoted cup and lowerendof the tube or spout are located in a metallic casin or chamber K,said casopen at its lower end as shown to ing bein V he discharge ofcontents. Tln's caspermit' t ing is curved at its upper end to permitthe rotation ofthe sealing cup and is made .with. the ofl'set K at itsrear side against which the rear-end of the. cup abuts saidofiset (pipeF extends observing to hold the sealing cup in its normal horizontalpositiom This pivoted cup or trap. is operated by means of a lever Gwhich in turn'is ivotally connected to a veroor H arranged upon I theside. of the car and sliding in suitable guidetically sliding ways H,this door when in its lowered or i 01' trap in its sealing position andthereby ef fectively closing and sea-1mg the lower end of the dischargespout or tube F. If desired an opening I may be formed in the-side of ithedrip pan adjacent the discharge end in openclosed order to allowaccess to the discharpei ing E, and this opening I is normal y by meansof a closure I secured in any suitufo - sufficient amount ofwater toseal the lower will be seen that I provide a drip pan with a drain ofsuch construction that the clog- V end of the said spout or tube.

What .Iflaim is a The combination with a drip pan, of a Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the: I

. Washington, D. 0.

tends, a sliding door for said chamber or casing, a sealing cuppivotally arranged Within the said chamber or casing and adapted toenvelop the lower end of the discharge spout or tube and meansconnecting said sliding door and pivoted cup whereby as the door israised the cupfwill be tilted to expose the end of the discharge spoutor tube. w

.31 1 WEEK- Witnesses: E. B. MQBATH', E. .A.

